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by erictd 2088 days ago
I used this as my email address just yesterday to avoid getting on yet another list.

The shortest bar joke is missing here (or I missed it) - Man walks into a bar. ... Ouch!

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This is also the email I signed up to reddit with since they started requiring emails.
This is actually a dark pattern on their part, surely designed to boost email signups. The sign up page has an email box and a continue button, but you can press continue without entering an email.
It used to be that way but now you can't skip it at all.